THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 4, 22 May 1863, Page 4

THE NEW R ATES OF POSTA GE

Wb publish ,fbr general information ib^m Eate of^Eostiageat presentiin.fbrce •— -■ A ';^^ >;:••■-•■'■ i-v '■■''■:■ ! ':- i >^;-- ;? « 2?afcs of Postage) chargeable ok-Jjett^rsf% papers, rnAßoohtßackets posted wtlie(}o% 1. Inland JDettefs.-^-JSot- exceeding I^M exceeding $oz, and not exceeding *l.oz£?Sjp 'ceeding 1 oz, and not eveeeding 2 oz, 8d- ; a| on, increasing 'fourpence ' for '' every v addiiti ounce or fraction ot an ounce. '•' ' ''. ' .-.-' r^s .2. To the VnitediKingdom.-^Bj Sputha^l or by direct ship: Not exceeding* £oz, 63; bijl ing £ oz, and, not exceeding 1. oz,' ls;.iexcee<M oz, and not exceeding ' 2 oz, 2s ,v. and /so. cM creasing one shilling for every additional fraction of an i ounce.i— ~^By Mdi-seliles-.TsSk ceeding exceeding £ oz, 'and n6t<«| ing 2 oz, Is; exceeding-^ ozj and not- exceJ^l oz, Is 9d; exceeding £oz,. and nor exceedijsal 2s; and so on, being an .addition to- :tlie oWil postage at therateof threepence per quarter 6« 3. To British Colonies arid Foreign Pounm —Wot exceeding \ oz, 6d ; exceeding'^ oz,aal exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, and no£ ceeding 2 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing one \ ling for every additional ounce or fraction o ounce. %* Except in the following cases, where'sS rates are payable. ' \ 4. To the Continent ofMurope via Triest Not exceeding £ oz, Is 6d ; exceeding \ ownot exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz, ari& exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasing t shillings for every additional ounce or fractii an ounce. i 5. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters will be' warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless mai f®r transmission via the United Kingdom^ cc charged as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, ]l exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, ls'fl and 80 on, increasing one shilling and tenpence every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 6. To China and the Eastern- Archvpelag Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Si pore, or any part of China or Japan, the Philli Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan? Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as folli Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding a oz., and exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing shillings for every additional ounce or fractio an ounce. 7. To Naval Officers on 'Foreign Station Letters addressed to officers serving oA boardof Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, « sent through the United Kingdom, are charge as follows: Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; exceeding loz not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasing shillings for every additional ounce or fractioi an ounce. 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. — Lei sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majei service will be transmitted within the Colony, between the colony or any post-office in the Bi dominions, at a charge of one penny, provided the following regulations are observed : — 1. ] letter must not exceed half an ounce in wei 2. It must be superscribed "with the name of writer, his disposition or class in the vessel on ment, and signed by the officer at the time mi mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. E letter of this description, posted or received in Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing r ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. ' 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public sei of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces; exempted from the payment of postage, if bea the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and signature of the officer in command of the fore the service of which the letter is despatched. V such letters cannot be transmitted by any irreg route, or one entailing additional expense on' Colonial Government. Letters on the public vice of th» General Government of the colony transmitted free by post, if bearing the \?< " On the Public Service only," and the signa of some officer of the General Government aii rised to frank official letters. 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee, in addition to the ordinary postage chargeabli anj Other. Except in special cases, as e=tliil in table subjoined. NEWSPAPERS. To any part of the colony, if published ii colony, and posted within seven days from pub tion, free ; if not published in the colony, or posted within seven days from publication, c Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southa ton, or by direct ship, free ; to the United E dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To the Contii of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syria Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), exceeding two ounces, Id ; and so on, at the of one penny for every additional two ounces^ Note. — For the postage chargeable on ~n papers, forwarded to other countries, through United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. BOOK PACKETS. 1. To any part of the colony, or to the Ui Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceeding* 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 OZj exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, Is and so on, increasing eight pence for every a tional half pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. 2. To the following British colonies — Ascen Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Caj Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, ( Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands] Natal, .] Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Pi Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, • couver's Island : — Not exceeding 4 oz, 7d ; ex< ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is 2d ; excee 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d ; and so increasing one shilling and twopence for c half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. Prepayment hy Stamps — All letters, pac and newspapers posted in New Zealand, mv prepaid by affixing postage labels of the coloi sufficient value. Loose Letters. — All letters received from be seas, at any Post-office in this colony, which not been regularly posted at the place of desj (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage cording to the rates established by the foreg tables, unless they are letters which it is not( pulsory by law to send by post, iv which case are chargeable with the inland rate of postage BooJc-PacJcets to be Open for Inspectv. Every book-packet shall be sent open at the or sides, and there shall be no enclosure seali otherwisa closed Against inspection sent in or such packet, nor anything printed or written i nature of a letter. Contents. — With the above limitations, a pi book may contain any number of separate .b maps, prints, or photographs, and any quanta paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, wi on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the ni of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the 1 ing, covering, or mounting attached or beloi to such book, print, map, or photograph, ai things legitimately appertaining to or nece for the transmission of any enclosed litera artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any The names and address of the sender may aj on the cover. Registration. — Any person can have a letti gistered by affixing on it by means of the pi labels the amount of the registration fee, in tion to the proper postage, and presenting it Post-office during office hours, and at leas hour before the closing of the mail by which desired to be transmitted. Every precautioi be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of a 'l tered letter, by entering it on the letter billi obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery the Post-office, however, is not responsible f< loss of any letter, whether registered or ethej persons sending bank-notes or drafts areJl^ to take the numbers and particulars, andW> the notes or drafts in halves, and to send thß different post. M Penalties. — Any person sending as exempfl postage letters not liable to exemption, or encl a communication in the nature of a letter iM newspaper or book-packet are liable to a p4 of £20. ; 1 Overland Carriage. — No postmaster will I quired to receive any book-packet for transni by an overland mail, if from its weight OJ other cause the packet appear calculated to a the carrier. I Ceosbie Waed, Postmaster-Gen*